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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/lisp/psgml/README.psgml Mon Aug 13 08:45:50 2007 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,578 @@ +This is the READ ME file for psgml.el version 1a9. -*- text -*- + + PSGML is a major mode for editing SGML documents. It works with +GNU Emacs 19.19 and later or with Lucid Emacs 19.9. + +This distribution should contain the following source files: + psgml.el + psgml.texi + psgml-other.el + psgml-lucid.el + psgml-edit.el + psgml-parse.el + psgml-dtd.el + psgml-info.el + psgml-charent.el + psgml-debug.el -- some functions used in development + psgml-api.texi -- internals documentation + psgml-api.el -- Extra functions for the API + fs.el -- Example use of psgml to format a SGML file + style.el -- example style file for fs.el + catalog.sgml -- example SGML-file for fs.el and style.el + iso88591.map + +In addition the distribution contains the formatted versions of the +documentation files (psgml.info, ...). But the compiled elisp code is +no longer supplied. You will have to byte compile the files before +PSGML will achive usable speed. + +If you are not using Lucid Emacs or XEmacs you should compile: + psgml.el + psgml-other.el + psgml-edit.el + psgml-parse.el + psgml-dtd.el + psgml-info.el + psgml-charent.el + +If you on the other hand are using Lucid Emacs or XEmacs you should +compile + psgml.el + psgml-lucid.el + psgml-edit.el + psgml-parse.el + psgml-dtd.el + psgml-info.el + psgml-charent.el + +Additionally the following can be compiled, they are not normaly used +by PSGML: + psgml-api.el -- Extra functions for the API + fs.el -- Example use of psgml to format a SGML file + psgml-debug.el -- some functions used in development + +Send bug reports, comments and suggestions to lenst@lysator.liu.se. + +New in version 1.0a9 + +* XEmacs may have problem if sgml-set-face is t + +I tried with the latest version on a sun4 Solaris 2 machine and PSGML +would always parse to the end of the buffer even if I typed something. +There seem to be a problem with the input-pending-p function. I don't +know if this is specific fo Solaris. Emacs on Solaris has problems +with signal handling. + + +* New options for insert-element +** sgml-insert-missing-element-comment +** sgml-insert-end-tag-on-new-line + +* psgml-api: +** sgml-map-content: new optional argument. If the argument ENTITY-FUN +is specified it should be a function with one argument. The function +will be called for data entity references instead of the entity text +beeing passed to the DATA-FUN. The argument is the entity referenced. +Use `sgml-entity-name', `sgml-entity-type' etc. + + +Version 1.0a8 has only bugfixes. + + +New in version 1.0a7 + +* Better CATALOG parsing + +** Will handle SGMLDECL, etc.. + +** New option: sgml-system-identifiers-are-preferred +If nil PSGML will look up external entities by searching the catalogs +in `sgml-local-catalogs' and `sgml-catalog-files' and only if the entity +is not found in will a given system identifer be used. If the variable +is non-nil and a system identifer is given, the system identifier will +be used for the entity. If no system identifier is given the catalogs +will searched. + +* File names for external entities (e.g system identifiers) are +relative to the directory containing the file declaring of the entity. + +* Changes to how the DTD is found + +** If the variable sgml-doctype is set, it should be the name of a file +containing the DOCTYPE declaration to use. + +** The variable sgml-parent-document is used when the current file +is part of a bigger document, and the variable describes how the +current files content fits into the element hierarchy. The variable +should have the form + + (parent-file context-element* top-element (has-seen-element*)?) + +*** parent-file (string) is the name of the file contatining the +document entity. + +*** context-element (string) is used to set up exceptions and short +reference map. Good candidates for these elements are the elements +open when the entity pointing to the current file is used. + +*** top-element (string) is the top level element in the current file. +The file should contain one instance of this element, unless the last +(lisp) element of sgml-parent-document is a list. If it is a list, the +top level of the file should follow the content model of top-element. + +*** has-seen-element (string) element satisfied in the content model +of top-element. + + +* sgml-validate + The variable sgml-validate-command can now be a list of strings. The +strings can contain %-sequences that will be expanded: + %b to buffer file name, + %s to SGML Declaration file, either the value of sgml-declaration +variable or SGML Declaration file for parent document or DOCTYPE file or +SGMLDECL from catalog. + %d value of sgml-doctype. + + +* Hooks + +** sgml-new-attribute-list-function +This hook is run when a new element is inserted to construct the +attribute specification list. The default function prompts for the +required attributes. + + +* API + +** New file psgml-api.el + +This file contain API-functions that are not used by other parts of +psgml. Use (require 'psgml-api) to use the API functions (psgml-api +includes the rest of the psgml files). + +The new functions in psgml-api is two functions to travers the element +structure. + +*** (sgml-map-content element element-function data-function pi-function) + +Call element-function with every child of element. +Call data-function with all the data in element. +Don't modify the buffer in these functions. + +*** (sgml-map-element-modify function element) + +Call function on every sub element of element, allows the function to +modify the buffer (e.g. add/modify attributes of the elements). + +** Example of API use: fs.el -- a simple style sheet driven formatter. + +Try fs.el with the catalog.sgml file. The style.el is the style sheet +for catalog.sgml. The command to format current buffer is +`M-x style-format'. + + +New in version 1.0 a6 + +* Entity manager + +** Use system id as file name, if there is no %S in sgml-public-map. + +** Finds PUBLIC entries before DOCTYPE and ENTITY in catalog files. + +* Better error recovery for out of context data and tags + +* New command: sgml-general-dtd-info + +* Disables auto-fill in the prolog + +* Insert element leaves point at the end of the element, +it used to leave point at the beginning of the element. + +* sgml-hide-tags/attributes is better at handling minimized tags + +* New options +** sgml-validate-files and slight change of sgml-validate-command. +** sgml-recompile-out-of-date-cdtd + +* Now saving attribute specification list in parse tree +Faster sgml-element-attval, but more memory used. + +* Long menus that are split into submenus now show the range of +choices in the different submenus. + +The option `sgml-range-indicator-max-length' determines how many +characters from the first and the last choice to show. + +* Private abbrev table + + +New in version 1.0 a5 + +* New menu structure +Perhaps there is to many top-level menus now. Any suggestions how to +organize the menus? + +* Some new functions + +** Information from the DTD (used to be nefarious.el) + +*** sgml-describe-element-type + +*** sgml-describe-entity + +*** sgml-list-elements + Will list all elements and the attributes declared for the element. + +*** sgml-list-attributes + Will list all attributes declared and the elements that use them. + +*** sgml-list-terminals + Will list all elements that can contain data. + +*** sgml-list-occur-in-elements + Will list all element types and where it can occur. + +*** sgml-list-content-elements + Will list all element types and the element types that can occur + in its content. + + +** Translating between characters and entity references + +Set the variable `sgml-display-char-list-filename' to a file file that +contains mappings between all characters present in the presentation +character set, and their "standard replacement text" names, e.g. "å" +-> "[aring ]", e.t.c. + +The default value for this variable is `iso88591.map'. + +The use the functions (also in the Modify menu) + + sgml-charent-to-display-char + sgml-display-char-to-charent + +to translate between entities and characters. + + + +* Two major bugs fixed +** DTD using undeclared elements was improperly saved +** Bug in using a precompiled DTD and local element, attlist or usemap +declaration. + + + +New in version 1.0 a4 + +* If the document prolog does not contain a document type declaration, +PSGML will try to supply one on the form `<!DOCTYPE DocTypeName +SYSTEM>' If the variable `sgml-default-doctype-name' is defined this +will be used for the document type name, otherwise the GI of the first +start tag will be used. I.e., if the document starts with `<book>', a +document type declaration `<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM>' will be assumed. + + +* Compiled DTDs are now associated with external `Document Type +Declaration Subset' entitys. You will have to create a catalog with +entries for all the DTDs that should be compiled. This should make +it, in most cases, unnecessary to make saved dtds or to set the +`sgml-default-dtd-file', at the expense of having to maintain the +catalog file. + +** Options + +`sgml-ecat-files' List of compiled dtd catalog files. + Default: ("ECAT" "~/sgml/ECAT" "/usr/local/lib/sgml/ECAT") + +`sgml-local-ecat-files' This can be set as a buffer local variable to +a list of catalogs to be searched before `sgml-ecat-files'. + +** Catalog format + +The catalog is similar to the catalog used to resolve public +identifiers. There are two types of entries: + + PUBLIC pubid pents? cfile +and + FILE file pents? cfile + +where pubid is a public identifier (as a minimum literal), pents is a +optional list of parameter entities and values, file is the file name +of a DTD file and cfile is the name of the complied DTD. The syntax +for pents is + + `[' (name literal)* `]' + +Example: + +PUBLIC "-//lenst//dtd My DTD//en" cdtd/bar +FILE "bar.dtd" cdtd/bar + +To better handle DTDs with options, like TEI and HTML 2.0/+ it is +possible to have several entries for the same DTD with different +parameter entity settings. The parameters are listed between `[' and +`]' before the file name of the compiled dtd. + +FILE "~/sgml/htmlplus.dtd" + [ HTML.emph "INCLUDE" ] "~/sgml/htmlplus.ced" + +PUBLIC "-//Text Encoding Initiative//DTD + P3 3.6.1: Main TEI document type declaration//EN" + [ TEI.prose 'INCLUDE' TEI.analysis 'INCLUDE' ] "tei2an.cdtd" + +PUBLIC "-//Text Encoding Initiative//DTD + P3 3.6.1: Main TEI document type declaration//EN" + [ TEI.prose 'INCLUDE' TEI.verse 'INCLUDE' ] "tei2verse.cdtd" + +The entries will be searched in order and the first matching will be +used. Put more specific entries before less specific. Matching is +done by matching pubid or file and checking that all the listed +parameters are defined with the listed values. + + + +** Example: setting up for editing HTML + +If you have the files for the html.dtd in ~/sgml. +Put in ~/sgml/CATALOG: + PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN" html.dtd + PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN//2.0" html.dtd + PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML Level 1//EN//2.0" html-1.dtd + PUBLIC "-//IETF//ENTITIES Added Latin 1 for HTML//EN" ISOlat1.sgml + DOCTYPE HTML html.dtd + +Put in ~/sgml/ECAT: + FILE html.dtd [ HTML.Recommended "INCLUDE" ] cdtd/html-r + FILE html.dtd cdtd/html + +Put ~/sgml/CATALOG in sgml-catalog-files and ~/sgml/ECAT in +sgml-ecat-files. + +Now it should be possible to edit html files if you put them in +sgml-mode. The file must either start with a proper DOCTYPE or with a +<html> tag. To be abel to start with empty files and to edit files +not starting with <html> you can create a html-mode that sets the +default document type name: + +(defun html-mode () + (interactive) + (sgml-mode) + (make-local-variable 'sgml-declaration) + (make-local-variable 'sgml-default-doctype-name) + (setq sgml-declaration "~/sgml/html.decl" + sgml-default-doctype-name "html" + sgml-always-quote-attributes t + sgml-indent-step 2 + sgml-indent-data t + sgml-minimize-attributes nil + sgml-omittag t + sgml-shortag t )) + + +* Handling of tags for undefined elements + +** Start-tags for undefined elements will either be ignored, if +`sgml-ignore-undefined-elements' is t, or assumed to be acceptabled in +the current element and defined with `O O ANY'. + +** An end-tag for an element that is not currently open will be ignored. + + +* I have (as an experiment) turned off all warnings. Warnings are only +given if the sgml-next-trouble-spot is used or while parsing the DTD. + + +* Entity manager + +** sgml-system-path is no longer used for entity lookup + +** PSGML will recognize that a catalog file has been changed + + +News in version 1.0 a3 + +* Change in user options + +** sgml-live-element-indicator no longer buffer local + +** sgml-save-options only saves: + (sgml-parent-document sgml-omittag sgml-shorttag + sgml-minimize-attributes sgml-always-quote-attributes sgml-indent-step + sgml-indent-data sgml-default-dtd-file sgml-exposed-tags) + and saves all of them, even if they have no buffer local value + +** Options menu split in to two menus + +* Cleaned up Markup menu +The removed entries can be added with sgml-custom-markup: + +(setq sgml-custom-markup + '( + ("<!entity ... >" "<!entity \r>\n") + ("<!attlist ... >" "<!attlist \r>\n") + ("<!element ... >" "<!element \r>\n") + ("<!doctype ...>" "<!doctype \r -- public or system --\n[\n]>\n") + ("Local variables comment" "<!--\nLocal variables:\n\rEnd:\n-->\n") + ("Comment" "<!-- \r -->\n") + )) + + +* Some bug fixes +Including new default for sgml-catalog-files is +"CATALOG" and "/usr/local/lib/sgml/CATALOG". + +* Some tuning + + +News in version 1.0 a2 + +* Support for short references + +** Command: sgml-expand-all-shortrefs +Expand all short references in the buffer. Short references to text +entities are expanded to the replacement text of the entity, other +short references are expanded into general entity references. If +argument, TO-ENTITY, is non-nil, or if called interactive with numeric +prefix argument, all short references are replaced by generaly entity +references. + +** sgml-normalize: expand short references also +Normalize buffer by filling in omitted tags and expanding empty tags. +Argument TO-ENTITY controls how short references are expanded as with +`sgml-expand-all-shortrefs'. + + +* Variable: sgml-auto-activate-dtd + +PSGML was behaving inconsistent when a new file was loaded. If the +variable `sgml-set-face' was true the DTD would automatically be +activated (loaded or parsed), but only if psgml-parse already loaded. + +Rather than let `sgml-set-face' decide if the DTD is activated, there +is now a distinct option for this. This option works even the first +time. + +If non-nil, loading a sgml-file will automatically try to activate its DTD. +Activation means either to parse the document type declaration or to +load a previously saved parsed DTD. The name of the activated DTD +will be shown in the mode line. + + +* face setting +If `sgml-set-face' is true and the DTD has been activated, PSGML will +automatically set the face of markup in the buffer. This is done by +parsing, with error messages turned off, as much as possible after +every command. The parsing is interrupted by input and is almost +transparent. + +* Local catalog files +Variabel `sgml-local-catalogs' +A list of SGML entity catalogs to be searched first when parsing the buffer. +This is used in addtion to `sgml-catalog-files', and `sgml-public-map'. +This variable is automatically local to the buffer. + +* New commands +Thanks to David Megginson the custom menus are now reacable from the +keyboard: +** C-c C-u C-d (sgml-custom-dtd) +** C-c C-u C-m (sgml-custom-markup) + +* New command: sgml-expand-entity-reference +Insert the text of the entity referenced at point. + +* sgml-validate-command is now a format string + + +News in version 1.0 a1 + +* A lot of internal changes + +* Support for general entities + +* New entity manager + +The new entity manager will handle an entity thus: + +1. If the entity has a system identifier, the entity manager will + first try and call the functions on sgml-sysid-resolve-functions + with the system identifier as argument, and if any function returns + non-nil assume that the function has handled the entity. +2. Next the entity manager will try the catalogue, and +3. if not found there use the sgml-public-map. + +The catalogue files searched is given by the variable +sgml-catalog-files (I suppose it would be confusing to call it +sgml-catalogue-files.) This variable is initialised from the +environment variable SGML_CATALOG_FILES (should be a colon separated +list of files). + +The sgml-public-map is initialised from the environment variable +SGML_PATH. + +sgml-system-path defaults to nil. + +Supports most of sgmls substitutions for sgml-public-map. +Supported: %%, %N, %P, %S, %Y, %C, %L, %O, %T, %V +Unsupported: %D, %X, %A, %E, %I, %R, %U +Note: that %D is and alias for %C in PSGML (historical accident). + + +* Hooks + +** sgml-close-element-hook +The hook run by `sgml-close-element'. +These functions are invoked with `sgml-current-tree' bound to the +element just parsed. + +** sgml-doctype-parsed-hook +This hook is called after the doctype has been parsed. +It can be used to load any additional information into the DTD structure. + +Example: add description to element types +(defun set-help-info () + (let ((help '(("para" "A Paragraph") + ("q" "A Quotation") + ("date" "A Date"))) + (dtd (sgml-pstate-dtd sgml-buffer-parse-state))) + (loop for h in help do + (setf (sgml-eltype-appdata (sgml-lookup-eltype (first h) dtd) + 'help-string) + (second h))))) +(add-hook 'sgml-doctype-parsed-hook 'set-help-info) + +(defun sgml-help-for-element () + (interactive) + (let* ((el (sgml-find-element-of (point))) + (help (sgml-element-appdata el 'help-string))) + (and help + (message "%s" help)))) + + +** sgml-sysid-resolve-functions +This variable should contain a list of functions. +Each function should take one argument, the system identifier of an entity. +If the function can handle that identifier, it should insert the text +of the entity into the current buffer at point and return t. If the +system identifier is not handled the function should return nil. + +Example use: Support URLs as system identifiers +(defun sgml-url-sysid (sysid) + (cond ((string-match "^\\([a-z]+\\):" sysid) ; looks like url + (require 'url) + (set-buffer (prog1 (current-buffer) + (url-retrieve sysid))) + (insert-buffer url-working-buffer) + t))) +(add-hook 'sgml-sysid-resolve-functions 'sgml-url-sysid) + + +* sgml-set-face Now automatically sets faces for all visible text, +with a delay of 1s. + +* sgml-exposed-tags +The list of tag names that remain visible, despite M-x sgml-hide-tags. +Each name is a lowercase string, and start-tags and end-tags must be +listed individually. + +`sgml-exposed-tags' is local to each buffer in which it has been set; +use `setq-default' to set it to a value that is shared among buffers.